POLYSYLLABIC WORD
Dictionary entry overview: What does polysyllabic word mean? • POLYSYLLABIC WORD (noun)
The noun POLYSYLLABIC WORD has 1 sense:
1. a word of more than three syllables
Familiarity information: POLYSYLLABIC WORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POLYSYLLABIC WORD (noun)
Meaning:
A word of more than three syllables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
polysyllabic word; polysyllable
Hypernyms ("polysyllabic word" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polysyllabic word"):
jawbreaker (a word that is hard to pronounce)
sesquipedalia; sesquipedalian (a very long word (a foot and a half long))
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